Improvement in cane-stubble shavers



. F. F. PATOUT.

Improvement in Cane-Stubble Shavers.

Patented May 23,1871.

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FELIX F. PATOUT, OF JEANERETT, LOUISIANA.

iMFROVEMENT IN CANE-STUBBLE SHAVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,094, dated May 23,1871.

. clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part ofthis specification, in which the figure represents a view inperspective.

My invention relates to an improvement in cane-stubble shavers; andconsists of a knife and a mold-board arranged upon a frame in a mannerfor outtin g off the old cane-stubble at any depth wanted, and at thesame time leaving the cane-rows perfectly clear, by means of themoldboard, without destroying any of the stubble, so that the rows,being clear of the old stumps, can be worked more advantageously,enabling the deeper and better eyes of the ratoon to sprout.

The shaver should be used after the caneridges are properly bared off,so as to leave the top about one foot wide.

In the drawing, 1 and 2 represent the two slides; 3 and 4, the curvedbars joining the slides together; 5, the knife or shaver; 6, themold-board; and 7 the drivers seat.

1 2 are two parallel pieces of timber, arranged in a manner to pass oneach side of the cane-stubble, (when bared off,) answering as frame, andin shape of slides. M M represent sheet-iron soles passing under theslides.

3 4 are circular pieces of iron holding the slides 1 2 firmly in theirproper places, and bolted on the frame at a b. s is a knife or shaverattached at an angle to the surface of the frame by bolts 0 D. 6 is themold-board over the shaver, and attached to the frame by bolts of. g isthe brace, holding the mold-board attached at h a. 0 is also a brace, tohold the moldboard attached to the frame. 7. represents the driversseat, bolted on slides 1 and 2 at Claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The knife 5 and mold-board 6, constructed as described, and secured tothe slides 1 and 2 at an angle of forty-five degrees, more or less, whensaid slides 1 and 2 are provided with soles m m, and connected togetherby curved bars 3 and 4, the former supported by braces k k, and providedwith devices for attaching the team, all in the manner and for the purpose' hereinbefore specified.

Witnesses: FELIX F. PATOUT.

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